DETROIT — On Monday, Torii Hunter was an unexpected guest on the premiere of the MLB Network show, “Hot Stove,” disguising his voice on the telephone to confuse the hosts, Matt Vasgergian and Harold Reynolds.

One day later, according to published reports, the free-agent outfielder was a guest of the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park, meeting with a team that’s got a mutual goal: a World Series championship.

No word on if the 37-year-old Hunter disguised himself in any way for the latter visit — first reported by FOX’s Jon Morosi, and confirmed by MLB.com’s Jason Beck — but it certainly wasn’t unexpected, if you listened to what he said 24 hours earlier.

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“Yeah, I might be. You never know,” Hunter told MLB Network with a laugh, when asked if he’d be making any visits on a free-agency tour of sorts, and what he would get out of those.

“Well, you know, I’ve been playing a while, and I hope I kept a clean name — on the field and off the field. My reputation says it all, so they really don’t need to see me, but sometimes I want to see those guys, and look in their eyes and get to know what their organization is all about. So the reason I would take a trip anywhere would be because I want to know what you are like. You might know what I’m like, and you heard my reputation, but I don’t know what you’re like.”

For Hunter, who played parts of 11 seasons in the same division as Detroit, the venue probably isn’t as much a concern as the mutual goal. After 16 big-league seasons, Hunter wants to win a ring.

That’s part of the reason he’s reportedly narrowed his search down to a couple of teams: The Tigers — last year’s American League champions — and the Texas Rangers, who went to the previous two World Series. Several published reports Monday had the Tigers as the front-runners to land Hunter’s services.

He wouldn’t tip his hand on destination, though, even though it sounded like he had a pretty clear idea.

“That’s up in the air, man. Everybody knows I wanna win. So whatever teams out there that wants to win, and use me and be a part of it, that’s who I want to be playing with,” Hunter told MLB Network.

“I encourage all these players to go through it at least once in their career. It’s a lot of fun. But at the same time, you try to grab those teams early because, before you know it, they might not need you any more. So you try to grab those teams that best fit you. And if you know who you want to play for, and you’re talking to those teams, you go ahead and grab it, right then and there. No use to wasting time, and getting to the Winter Meetings, then letting everybody know ‘Hey, look at me, I’m signing with the ... whoever.’ I’m not going to tell you who I want to sign with, but ... we’ll see.”

Morosi reported that his sources said the Tigers were prepared to offer Hunter a multi-year deal.

Regardless of who Hunter settles on, he’s not likely to let the process linger.

“It’s going to be quick. It’s going to be quick. I’m not going to wait it out. I know who I want to play for,” Hunter told MLB Network. “Of course, the Angels is who I would like to, but I have to move on. I’ve had no talks with those guys for the last three, four weeks — or even two months, almost — so I definitely have to move on, try to focus on me, my family, and winning a World Series.”

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